No More Stuffed Animals

I took Amanda to the doctor today because she has swimmer's ear - same as she always gets after a summer of swimming. As soon as the doctor walked in, she said - Look at the dark circles under her eyes. Her allergies are bad. What is she allergic to? Is she on any medicine? I told her she is allergic to dust, mold and pollen, but that we try to not give her the medicine because she gets tired and crabby when she is on them and there are so many side effects. She gave us some nose spray and said NO MORE STUFFED ANIMALS. She can play with them in bits, and, if she has to sleep with one, we need to wash it every day or put it in the freezer (kills dust mites). Looks like I am going to have to pull all of her stuffed animals out of her room. I'll put them in Madeline's for now, but they already have so many that I don't know how we could store any more. She is taking it pretty well. I'm sure she will come up with other gift ideas that people can get her. She keeps a running list.